Garlic, once sprouted, is much too bitter to eat, but that doesn’t mean you should toss it. Bury it in a bit of potting soil and give it some sun, and you could be eating tasty garlic greens in just a week.

Spring means getting your garden or yard ready for the most lively time of the year for your plants, but stormy spring showers can drown your green thumb efforts. A “rain garden” can help divert overflows of water from spring showers so the rest of your yard stays in shape to bloom.

Planting season will soon be here, and if you’re planning a garden, you should also consider how you’re going to control weeds. Our friends at the Old World Garden Farms suggest leaving behind the harsh herbicides this year and opting for these gentler treatments, from mulch to a weed torch that looks fun to use.

If you’re trying to grow a vegetable garden you might not think beyond planting the specific variety of desired vegetable, but it can be very beneficial to give your plant a friend. Flowers and other types of plants will attract helpful insects, suppress weeds, and more.

If you don’t have a green thumb but want to liven up your home or office with some plants, it might be time to get aquatic. Aquatic plants can offer an interesting alternative to potted plants and, rather than using an aquarium, all you need is a jar. In other words, a “jarrarium.”

Of course you can just buy potted plants at your local gardening center or hardware store, but if you want to grow a large number or want to try different varieties that might otherwise be unavailable, starting from seeds is the way to go.

If you’re just a casual gardener you might think that growing vegetables in the desert is a fool’s errand, but you just need to learn a few techniques specific to the environment. This video shows how to design a “waffle garden” to grow vegetables in heavy clay soil.

If you want to add a little green to your home—whether it’s green for nature’s sake or green because you like the idea of growing food—you don’t need a lot of space to do it. Here are some suggestions to add a little plant life to your home or office, no matter what size it is.

If you have a little space for a garden, you’re probably growing seasonal vegetables—but there’s never a bad time of year to grow fruit, either. This graphic shows you plants that grow fruit at any time of year, including some year-round options that’ll feed you in the warm and cool months alike.

Window boxes are a great way to add some greenery, flowers, even fresh herbs without a lot of space for a garden, but when you plant, put your window box plants in individual pots so they don’t compete for water and soil, and so you can swap plants quickly whenever you need to.

Here in North America, it’s time to think about planting (if you haven’t already), and the Old World Garden Farm suggests a garden pair that makes a lot of sense: basil and tomatoes. They’re tasty together, but basil also repels pests that feast on tomato plants, which makes caring for them easier on you.

When picking a tree to turn your yard into a shady paradise, you need one that will grow quickly enough to enjoy after a few years, and that’s also sturdy enough not to topple onto your house. Here are the best types to provide both.

Whether you keep your lawn pristine because you love the look and feel of it, or you just maintain it because your HOA tells you to, this guide has suggestions to keep your lawn happy and healthy, along with a full month-by-month schedule.

Collecting rain water for your garden, indoor plants, or anything else you need to water outside is easier than it sounds. You’ll need a few supplies, but our friends at Old World Garden Farms makes it sound easy—and ever so important now that the weather is warm and water conservation is mandatory in many places.

When you’re planting a garden, you want to make sure you’re not wasting time, energy, and garden space with bad seeds. Before you go and buy all new seeds, however, test out what you have with a wet paper towel.

Believe it or not, winter is ending soon, which means the time is ripe to get our plans in order for this year's garden, whether you're dreaming of a bounty of vegetables, a balcony of colorful flowers, or some other sort of outdoor oasis. Here are our top 10 get-ready-to-garden tips.

Around here, the harvest season is on and most people are pulling up their gardens, but there's one thing you should do now to prep for next year: Give your soil a little "garden food" so it's full of nutrients when you start planting next year. Grab a plastic bag; all you need are some fallen leaves.

Everyone loves a good backyard garden, but hunching over a pile of dirt to plant all of your seeds isn't much fun. If you want to take some of the back bending out of the equation, this PVC seed gun should do the trick.